Auxiliary draw-bar hook.



No. 875,319. V PATBNTEDDEO.31,1907.

v B. BURGESS. AUXILIARY DRAW-BAR HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1907.

li imhltl MM! KMI I formin an enlarged and leterell" hent t a J .lmprovemen to in fiUdXlllQl'I V Drew-Ber tires or wrecking oars, end. more portion ment to the ordinary form of oer used on practically all rznlroeoe, l'iiifi shall distribute the hauling ing shown indotted lines vside of this recessed head is hi pivoted the lrnnelrlo B. knuckle normally oxtemle partly acr ss rearward and inward and. normally he;

BENJAlliIN BUE' I030. 875,819" Spa Application filed lllm'o all whom it may moment: Ee -it known l filT- l, BENJAMIN Eon citizen oi the United States, resirlir ville, county oli v'ermilion, and State nois, have invented certain new in i V,

or" which the following is e specinoeth My invention relates to appliances 1' convenient attachment of cables, ehe, e ther like means to the draw bore of l it relates to a hook adopted ettw-L the Jenney coupler, or to other eelf -eon i, The object of the invention is to "g such a hook that shell he of ezrtren plicity, quickly attachable or dete which shall he adopted to the GIilllht 1v counler Witl'iout cl'ienge in the'lotter, a

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equally to the drew her, and whie best form of my device will he of; pa. strong ooi'istrnction.

My invention coneiets in the construe shown in the eeconipenying drewinqe, more particularly set'forth in the, clsn pended to this s ieciiicetion In the drawings, Figure 1 shvre e, to vie of the ordinary rnilroe-d drew her comler, one form of my Wreokng hook hen placed in position, a 2 it,

it top vie the hook shown in Fig, l, deteched.

is a side view of Fig 2. F 4 1S to of a modified form oi hook, the (ire-iv Like characters .reprl-ieent like parts. A designates the drew her of the ordinary Jonney type having :1. reeeeeed heed (L.

h'etween the of this hilnrcetn f 1 H H ne tin or opening of the coupler and the other against a pin 0 inserted through the coin head. The pivot pin 5 of the knuckle l} is f course removable. This (inscription applies to the ordinary form of coupler in use on most of the railroads of this country;

2 designates the shank of my Wrecking hook, one end ol which. hont 'vi-rtieztlly' 1 word end rearward on at 2 to form the hook portion proper and the other living extl 4 rearward end then turned to one side 1., zit

go behind the rear wn the letter 18 in Z of the hook is lethet its end-Where it ..on proper 2 it is on a l; d the laterally extended portion Thus any strain hrought upon the hook 2 transmitt d through the axial 'W-lltl". The laterally projectelightly out mvey at 3 at its :1 t of the hook to forrn adopted to fit snugly el'nmic 2 and is ap 'roxi- .edepth es the knuc e B. hood is provided with the t edeted to engage with the Lil oi the coup or to retain the hook in ewiso draft and to relug 6 projecting from and formed heed 3 on the some side as the opene hook ihe end of the hook porlee slotted for the reception of the her. Aremovnble in 7 slot i of the ook leer :l' it this pin 7 l it to the tie herhy a, v he obvious that I may ot no it of the tie bar to r than on open hook. the hook portion-'2 n open as it 15 pro-c131- at 331119;" or A1; f n link may be all ped over the hool-L l permanently kept tliereon as shown in 4:. This ring may be eeeil e; ined backward to the hese of the 1100 v V "1 the hook alone to he used.

I hen it closed hook is used and i e, the end of the With the open ken. off at tlfe co oi the knuokle Bh retoocl that the heed 3 is pr tore-lily pivoted at one end as at 5 in a. '1 H, (1

i l: ineteed of forming it with of the tie-bar 4 3* who. the tie her is in place crook closed. Another advantage 1s In eddiengage against the rear oii with a force sufficient to endanger the lives of the spectators. In using this form of hook the pln C on the draw bar head is re moved, the knucl'le opened, the projecting lug 4 inserted into the opening of the coupler the knuckle closed, and the pin C replaced. This revents the opening of the knuckle and as wi 1 be seen draft upon the hook acts upon the knuckle in preciselythe same manner as if it were engaged b the knuckle of an adjacent coupler. The ug 4 might be eliminated and in that case the hook is adapted to be simply dropped into place behind the closed knuckle and draw bar and in removing it it is only necessary to lift it up. It will be noted that the tie bar when closedrests upon the knuckle, thus acting to support the hook when the longitudinal strain upon it is relieved and preventing the dropping of the hook out of engagement with the coupler head.

In Fig. 4 I show a modification of my device. 4 In this the hook portion 2 is so made with relation to the attachment that when in lace the hook lies in a horizontal plane instead of the vertical plane as in the hooks before described. In the other form of hooks this was not necessary as the shank of the hook projected outward from the center of the draw-bar, but the form shown'in Fig. 4

,being attached to the coupling at its-sidesrequires that the hook should be turned inward. At its base the shank 2 of the hook is enlarged to form a circular head 8, adapted to fit between the bifurcated jaws a of the cou ling in which is usually pivoted the knuck e B. The head is formed with a passage 8 to receive the knuckle pivot-pint. Rearward,

theshank is extended as at 9 and at its end it engages with the coupling pin C in the same manner as the knuckle B engages. Thus any pull upon the hook is transmitted to the pivot. in 8 and also a sidewise thrust to the pin C. Preferably I provide the end of this, extension with a lateral projection 9 adapted to face of the coupling in 0. Thus any forward pull on'the hook is )orne both by the pivot pin 6 and also directly by the coupling pin 0. Thus the strain on the hook acts on both pins and not merely on the pivot in. IVhile this form of hook may be opene if desired, I provide it with thelatch bar 5; t e base of the shank 2 of the hook being provided with the projecting lugs 6 similar to the lugs 6 on the form shown in Fig. 3. One end of the tieor latch-bar 5 is pivoted in the lugs 6. and the other is received in the bifurcated end of the hook 2. A pin 7 passes through the hook and tie-bar to hold the bar closed.

preferably 1 .March 1907.

A chain 7 attaches the pin to the tie-bar or any other suitable portion of the hook so that it need not be lost. 10 designates a link which may be permanently placed on the hook and which, as before described, may be moved out of the way when it is desired to use the hook alone.

This device is peculiarly desi ned for attaching chains or cables to wrec ring cars of locomotives for the purpose of pulling wreckage apart, dragging derailed cars again upon the track, or drawing cars on adjacent tracks.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A detachable hook for draw bars comprising a shank, having a re-curved end forming a hook, the other end 0 said shank having a head adapted to engage with a coupling head, and a tie-bar pivoted at one end to the said shank and at the other end engaging with the termination of the recurved portion.

2. A detachable hook for draw bars comprising a shank having a re-curved end with a slotted termination, 'a head onthe other end of said shank adapted to have engagement with the coupling, lugs projecting from the shank, and a tie bar pivoted between the lugs and adapted to be received within the slotted termination. of the said rc-curved portion, and means for holding the said tiebar in place.

3. A detachable hook for draw bars comprising a shank having a re-curved end, the other end of said shank having a head adapted to be received within the slot of the later ally projecting knuckle-carrying jaw' of a coupling head and-pierced for the passage of the pivot pin ofsaid knuckle, said shank being extended rearward to enter the opening of the coupler head and to engage with the coupling pm of said coupling head.

4. A detachable hook for draw bars comprising a shank having a re-curved end, the other end of said shank havin a head adapted to be received within the sIot of the laterally projecting knuckle-carrying jaw of a con hng head, and pierced for the assage of t e pivot pin of said knuckle, sai shank being extended rearward to enter the opening of the coupling head, and then bent laterally to engage the rear of the coupling pin of said coupler head.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 18th day of BENJAMIN BURGESS.

Witnesses I llnLnN Buucnss,

Gnixoir M. Buneuss. 

